Assistive Technology for Students with low/no vision - Online Workshop

For Primary and Post-Primary Teachers and SNAs.

Course delivered by Deirdre Madden - Assisive Technology Outreach Coordinator for UCC Disability Support Service.

What will I learn?

·  What is assistive technology (AT).

·  Advice on students using the computer well to make best use of Assistive Technology..

·  About resources for students to learn or improve touch-typing skills.

·  About Dragon Naturally Speaking – you talk, it types what you say and on free alternatives.

·  About free screen magnification and alteration options for the iPad and Windows.

·  About magnification options for magnifying electronic and hard copies of text (incl. Zoomtext, Optiverso, Eclipse, Liberty Scholar.)

·  About a variety of scanning, OCR, typing and other useful apps.

·  About screen reading software (incl. JAWS and VoiceOver) and text to speech software

·  How to get access to alternative learning materials and texts ( electronic, audio, large print, Braille)

· About DARE (Disability Access Route to Education) and HEAR (Higher Education Access Route)

 A link to access the course will be emailed to you prior to the course.

Cancellation Policy:

Please note, the fee for this course is non-refundable. By booking a place you agree to these terms.